The Twins' poor execution of a rundown play enabled the Senators to gain a 3-2 victory. The Senators, who were trailing, 2-1, opened the ninth inning with one-out singles by Dave Nelson and Toby Harrah. Elliott Maddox singled, scoring Nelson.

Maddox was trapped between first and second on the cutoff of the throw from the outfield and while running him down, the Twins failed to keep an eye on Harrah, who sneaked home with the winning run. [The Sporting News]



Washington Senators 3, Minnesota Twins 2
Game Played on Sunday, July      18, 1971 (Day game) at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium
Twins        0  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   2 12  0
Senators     0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  2  -   3  8  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar lf,rf           4   1   2   0     1   0   .296      Unser cf,rf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .269
Carew 2b              5   0   1   0     0   1   .284      Randle 2b             4   1   1   0     0   2   .236
Oliva rf              4   0   2   1     0   1   .375      Mincher 1b            3   0   2   0     1   0   .296
  Holt lf             1   0   1   0     0   0   .261      Howard lf             2   0   1   1     2   0   .295
Killebrew 1b          4   1   2   0     1   0   .264      McCraw rf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .225
Cardenas ss           4   0   2   1     1   0   .284        Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .267
Nettles cf            4   0   1   0     1   1   .340        Casanova ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .205
Braun 3b              2   0   0   0     2   0   .249        Riddleberger p      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Roof c                3   0   1   0     1   1   .202        Cox p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .083
Luebber p             3   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Billings c            4   0   0   0     0   0   .240
  Perranoski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Nelson 3b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .338
                                                          Harrah ss             4   1   1   0     0   1   .240
                                                          Gogolewski p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .167
                                                            Stelmaszek ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Grzenda p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Allen ph            0   0   0   0     0   0   .248
                                                            Maddox ph,cf        2   0   1   1     0   0   .182

Totals               34   2  12   2     7   5             Totals               32   3   8   2     4   4

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance:  9,850
Left on Base: Twins 13, Senators 8
DP: Twins 1, Senators 3
Errors: Nelson
Doubles: Cardenas (16), Killebrew (15), Nettles (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Perranoski (1)
GIDP: Killebrew 2 (12), Cardenas (9), McCraw (3)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Luebber                 6.1   4   1   1   4   3   0  26   5.40
Perranoski L(1-4)       2     4   2   2   0   1   0  10   6.53
Totals                  8.1   8   3   3   4   4   0  36

Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gogolewski              5     7   2   2   5   3   0  26   2.77
Grzenda                 2     3   0   0   0   2   0   7   1.25
Lindblad                1     1   0   0   1   0   0   5   2.73
Riddleberger            0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.60
Cox W(4-5)              1     0   0   0   1   0   0   3   3.00
Totals                  9    12   2   2   7   5   0  42

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Merle Anthony, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Hank Soar


TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (third to first); On a bunt Carew
struck out; Oliva singled to center; Killebrew walked [Oliva to
second]; Cardenas popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Senators 0.

SENATORS 1ST: Unser walked; Randle forced Unser (third to
second); Mincher walked [Randle to second]; Howard walked
[Randle to third, Mincher to second]; McCraw grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Howard out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Senators 0.

TWINS 2ND: Nettles walked; Braun flied out to right; Roof struck
out; Luebber struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0,
Senators 0.

SENATORS 2ND: Billings grounded out (third to first); Nelson
popped to catcher; Harrah was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Senators 0.

TWINS 3RD: Tovar singled to third [Tovar to second (error by
Nelson)]; Carew grounded out (shortstop to first) [Tovar to
third]; Oliva singled to center [Tovar scored]; Killebrew
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Oliva
out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Senators 0.

SENATORS 3RD: Gogolewski struck out; Unser popped to shortstop;
Randle was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
1, Senators 0.

TWINS 4TH: Cardenas doubled to left; Nettles popped to catcher
in foul territory; Braun was walked intentionally; Roof walked
[Cardenas to third, Braun to second]; Luebber forced Cardenas
(third to catcher) [Braun to third, Roof to second]; Tovar
forced Luebber (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Twins 1, Senators 0.

SENATORS 4TH: Mincher flied out to left; Howard walked; McCraw
popped to second; Billings flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 1, Senators 0.

TWINS 5TH: Carew grounded out (first unassisted); Oliva grounded
out (pitcher to first); Killebrew doubled; Cardenas singled to
left [Killebrew scored]; Nettles doubled to center [Cardenas to
third]; Braun was walked intentionally; Roof flied out to right;
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 2, Senators 0.

SENATORS 5TH: Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah
grounded out (pitcher to first); STELMASZEK BATTED FOR
GOGOLEWSKI; Stelmaszek flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 2, Senators 0.

TWINS 6TH: GRZENDA REPLACED STELMASZEK (PITCHING); Luebber
grounded out (second to first); Tovar singled to left [Tovar out
at second (left to second)]; Carew singled to right; Oliva was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Senators
0.

SENATORS 6TH: Unser popped to shortstop; Randle singled to left;
Mincher singled to left [Randle to second]; Howard singled to
center [Randle scored, Mincher to second]; McCraw popped to
shortstop; Billings popped to first; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 2, Senators 1.

TWINS 7TH: Killebrew singled to center; Cardenas grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to first) [Killebrew out at
second]; Nettles struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2,
Senators 1.

SENATORS 7TH: Nelson singled to left; Harrah flied out to
center; ALLEN BATTED FOR GRZENDA; PERRANOSKI REPLACED LUEBBER
(PITCHING); MADDOX BATTED FOR ALLEN; Maddox flied out to center;
Unser grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 2, Senators 1.

TWINS 8TH: MADDOX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); UNSER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); LINDBLAD REPLACED MCCRAW (PITCHING);
Braun lined to first; Roof singled to center; Perranoski out on
a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Roof to second]; Tovar was
walked intentionally; Carew popped to third in foul territory; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Senators 1.

SENATORS 8TH: TOVAR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); HOLT
REPLACED OLIVA (PLAYING LF); Randle struck out; Mincher singled
to right; Howard flied out to right; CASANOVA BATTED FOR
LINDBLAD; Casanova grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Senators 1.

TWINS 9TH: RIDDLEBERGER REPLACED CASANOVA (PITCHING); Holt
singled to third; COX REPLACED RIDDLEBERGER (PITCHING);
Killebrew grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Holt out at second]; Cardenas walked; Nettles grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Senators
1.

SENATORS 9TH: Billings grounded out (shortstop to first); Nelson
singled to left; Harrah singled to left [Nelson to second];
Maddox singled to left [Nelson scored, Harrah scored (on throw)
(no RBI), Maddox to second]; Elliott Maddox caught between 1B
and 2B and Toby Harrah scored during the rundown; 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Senators 3.